Warts are small lesions on the skin that are caused by a virus and are transmitted directly from person to person through direct or indirect contact, so you can get a wart by touching another person's wart, but also by using the same wart. towel, for example.
The risk of contracting genital warts, also known as HPV, is greater than that of contracting the feet or any other part of the body. The use of condoms in all relationships prevents the transmission of genital warts between partners.
Common warts are benign and can be of the ordinary type , which often appear around the nails ; plantar type , which appear on the soles of the feet; flat, which always appear in large numbers throughout the body or those already mentioned, genital.
The appearance of the wart will vary according to the affected area, while some are skin-colored, others are darker and may be soft or rough and these characteristics vary depending on the type of wart the person has.
How to protect yourself and not catch warts
To avoid the risk of contamination with warts, you should:
- Avoid touching other people's warts, without having your skin properly protected with gloves; Avoid community pools that are not properly cleaned with specific products for swimming pools; Do not use other people's towels; Avoid bathing and walking barefoot in swimming pools and clubs, always using rubber slippers on these occasions; do not touch the warts you have because this can increase the amount of warts you have.
Although children and adolescents have warts more easily, these lesions can affect people of all ages, and often disappear on their own, without any treatment. Ointments with low concentrations of salicylic acid are often effective for eliminating common warts, and for eliminating warts that appear on the soles of the feet, popularly known as fisheye, it may be necessary to use higher concentrations, with up to 40% acid salicylic.
Here are some homemade tricks to remove warts:
